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Anatoli Polivoda

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Anatoliy Polyvoda
Polivoda in 1972
Personal information
Born(1947-05-29)29 May 1947
Yenakiieve, Stalino Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR[1]
Died22 January 2024(2024-01-22) (aged 76)
NationalitySoviet and Ukrainian
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight231 lb (105 kg)
PositionPower forward
Medals
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Basketball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City USSR
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich USSR
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1967 Montevideo
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1967 Finland
Gold medal – first place 1969 Italy
Gold medal – first place 1971 West Germany
European Championship for Juniors
Gold medal – first place 1966 Italy Team

Anatoliy Ivanovych Polyvoda (Ukrainian: Анатолій Іванович Поливода; 29 May 1947 – 22 January 2024) was a Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kyiv and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kyiv.

Polyvoda played in the Soviet team at the 1968 Olympic Games in which he won a bronze medal, and at the 1972 Olympic Games where he won a gold medal.[2]

Polyvoda died on 22 January 2024, at the age of 76.[3] Of the Munich Olympic champion team, only Modestas Paulauskas and Ivan Edeshko are still living.[4]

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  1. ^ "Анатолий Поливода: Я родился и вырос в Енакиево". Медиа-Центр. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Anatoliy Polyvoda Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Умер олимпийский чемпион по баскетболу Поливода". Tribuna. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Скончался олимпийский чемпион по баскетболу 1972 года Анатолий Поливода". Sport Express. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Самый титулованный баскетболист Украины". Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.